Funeral Oration of Pericles In the reading of the Funeral Oration of Pericles‚ I do not believe what Pericles says about Athens. I believe he made his speech to boost morale for his people and for the soldiers‚ and to keep the war going. In the Funeral Oration of Pericles‚ they were there to honor the fallen soldiers and to have a burial for them‚ but Pericles made it about the war. He used it to boost morale for the soldiers‚ to get them excited and to give them a reason to keep fighting
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RUNNING HEAD: PERICLES FUNERAL ORATION Pericles Funeral Oration Roberto Brooks Western Civilization Dorothy Slane April 8‚ 2012 I do not think that everything Pericles said in his funeral Oration was true. Pericles goes on and on about how great the Athens city-state had become a strong democratic government. “He also talks about how they accept everyone into their city-state and give them the same rights as the Athens people regardless if they are foreigners”. “Pericles even compares
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Pericles Funeral Oration In the fifth century BCE the city of Athens was lead by a man named Pericles. Funerals after great battles were held as a public event where any citizen of Athens‚ stranger or relative to the fallen heroes‚ was invited to take place. A major difference between funerals in Athens and funerals held in present day is the fact that in Athens the cost of the funeral fell on the public rather than the family of the deceased. The fallen heroes are laid in a public sepulcher
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Pericles’ Funeral Oration Why do we fight wars if they just cause death and sorrow? This famous speech was written by Thucydides‚ but given by Pericles sometime during Athens’ Pelponnesian War. This kind of speech was generally given at a mass funeral‚ to honor many who had died fighting in the war. Typically‚ funeral speeches at that time were very somber and mournful‚ but Pericles changed that. In this speech‚ he created this idea of national pride and faith in society‚ by using many hopeful
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documented the Peloponnesian war. Around 431 B.C. Thucydides documented a funeral oration delivered to the people of Athens by Pericles. In Pericles’ Funeral Oration‚ Pericles’ praises the dead‚ describes how great Athens is‚ explains why Athens must continue to support the war‚ and tells why Athens must live up to the fallen soldiers of the Peloponnesian war. Pericles’ Funeral Oration tells us multiple things‚ the Funeral Oration gives historians a glimpse into what Athenians might have been feeling at
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Sabrina Simer 9/27/06 Reaction Paper After reading both speeches I found that the purpose of Pericles’s speech was to honor the ancestors‚ the survivors‚ the ones who died for the country‚ and their families. It was also to speak of the goodness of Athens and reiterate how rewarding having a democracy is. The purpose of Lincoln’s speech was very similar. It was to dedicate a monument as the final resting place for those who have died in the civil war; it was also to reinforce the fact that
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The Lucky One Nicholas Sparks‚ the author of The Lucky One‚ uses many literary devices and elements throughout the book to help the reader better understand his theme. The main theme is fate or luck. One simple decision or action can seemingly change your fate or luck. Some literary elements and devices that helped shape the theme were the point of view‚ conflict‚ symbols‚ and foreshadowing. The book is written in a third-person omniscient voice. That is‚ each chapter is written from a specific
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CRITIC ON OFW’s Pope John Paul II‚ in his message for the 1992 World Migration Day said‚ “Migration related to underdevelopment is a challenge‚ which we must face with courage and determination.” In the Philippines‚ underdevelopment and poverty are the main causes of migration within and from the country. It was in the early 1900s that the Filipino people started their plight in search for greener pastures in foreign lands. In 1972‚ the promising new labor market‚ prompt the Filipino government
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Capital One Financial Corporation 1. How is Capital One’s use of IT different from other mass customization strategies? Capital One uses IT through its information-based strategy (IBS) to “record‚ organize‚ and analyze data on the characteristics and behaviors of their customers‚” as stated by CEO Richard Fairbank. Their philosophy was to exploit information by constructing scientific models that could be used to both assess the creditworthiness of potential cardholders through
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Chapter One Summary On his Granpa’s farm in the province of Natal in South Africa‚ an unnamed blonde infant is suckled by his black Zulu nanny. She sings to him of warriors and women washing at the baboons’ water hole. At five‚ the little boy’s mother has a nervous breakdown and he is sent to an Afrikaans boarding school. He is the youngest student by two years‚ and is hated because he is the only English-speaker in the school‚ which makes him a "rooinek" (Afrikaans for "redneck‚" a derogatory
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